The Outer Galaxy

The galactic rotation curve at R > R o from observations of the 21 cm line of atomic hydrogen....Pages 1-17
Groping for truth from the galaxy\'s outermost satellites....Pages 18-30
Carbon stars at 2R 0 and the rotation of the milky way....Pages 31-39
The velocity field of the outer galaxy....Pages 40-46
The importance of stellar distances in determining the rotation curve of the outer galaxy....Pages 47-52
Metal weak stars and the galactic circular velocity....Pages 53-60
A wavy rotation curve and consequences thereof....Pages 61-67
Milky Way rotation and the distance to the Galactic center from Cepheid variables....Pages 68-72
The distance to the galactic center from observations of the outer galaxy....Pages 73-76
Rotation and the outer galaxy: Comments on topics raised by the work of Frank Kerr....Pages 77-88
Mapping the galaxy at 21 CM wavelength: The Boston University-Arecibo galactic HI survey....Pages 89-93
The shape of the outer-Galaxy HI layer....Pages 94-99
Star clusters and the thickness of the galactic disk as probes of the outer GALAXY....Pages 100-106
The milky way in high resolution U photometry and inferences on its structure....Pages 107-111
First results of a milky way continuum survey at 45 MHz....Pages 112-116
Galaxian structure and x-ray astronomy....Pages 117-121
The cloudy interstellar medium: Aggregation of giant molecular clouds in spiral structures....Pages 123-131
CO emission from the southern galactic plane and galactic structure....Pages 132-137
Substructure in spiral arms....Pages 138-143
Resonance excitation: A possible interpretation of the 3-KPC arm....Pages 144-148
HI and the diffuse interstellar medium....Pages 149-154
The disk-halo connection and the nature of the interstellar medium....Pages 155-160
Giant HI clouds in the Galaxy....Pages 161-167
The Southern extension of the Taurus molecular clouds....Pages 168-170
Kinematics of 21 cm self absorption towards the taurus molecular complex....Pages 171-177
The variable hii regions in cepheus a....Pages 178-183
The nearby molecular clouds: A complete survey....Pages 184-184
Extinction and metal abundances in the outer galaxy....Pages 185-191
Iras results on outer galaxy star formation towards galactic longitude 1=125°....Pages 192-197
The outer galaxy as a star formation laboratory....Pages 198-200
Points to ponder about the molecular outer galaxy....Pages 201-206
Star formation in the outer galaxy....Pages 207-207
The high-velocity clouds: Why were they ever a mystery?....Pages 208-215
Structure, rotation and mass of the magellanic clouds....Pages 217-240
A cO survey of the large magellanic cloud....Pages 241-246
Some surprises in the dynamics of M33 and M31....Pages 247-252
Molecular arms in the outer disk of M51: Structure and origins....Pages 253-257
Searching for galaxies in the zone of avoidance....Pages 258-261
Some reminiscences of frank kerr and the work on the milky way and the magellanic clouds....Pages 263-287